Surplus military equipment has been available to local law enforcement for decades. But in recent years, agencies have been getting more and more big-ticket items once used by American troops. That includes more than 100 agencies here in Arizona.

Last month a plane landed in El Salvador carrying women and children deported from a New Mexico detention facility. But a day later, lawyers filed a lawsuit alleging women held there were denied due process.

The Grand Canyon is a place of breathtaking beauty and environmental, educational and science programs. But park officials are making widespread cuts to those programs, and the reasons why are complicated.

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